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Hector Island
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Geography
Location Hudson Strait
Coordinates 63°38′59″N 072°2′00″W / 63.64972°N 72.03333°W / 63.64972; -72.03333 (Hector Island)
Archipelago Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Area 16 km2 (6.2 sq mi)
Administration
Nunavut Nunavut
Region Qikiqtaaluk
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

Hector Island is an uninhabited Canadian arctic island located in Hudson Strait. It is a Baffin Island offshore island in Nunavut's Qikiqtaaluk Region.

Amadjuak, an Inuit settlement, is 44.5 km (27.7 mi) to the north.

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